Bill James OT but not OT

[Olerud363]

This explains everything...

 

Bill James (red sox consultant) on the economy...

 

http://deadspin.com/bill-james-calls-for-revolutionary-changes-to-the-ameri-1595361407

 

Money quote - "the people being paid $300 million a year are merely exploiting power relationships within the company to take advantage of the labor of others"

 

Paul Beeston doesn't earn 300 million dollars a year... at least I hope not. But he has never done a thing. He was a two-bit accountant who lucked into the Jays President job in late 89. There is a 5 year lag between when one takes over a position and one see's the results.... So Beeston's decisions would only come into effect... oh about 1994.

 

Beeston took advantage of the labour of others (Pat Gillick and Peter Hardy among others) to gain political control over the franchise and destroy it.

[Olerud363]

Beeston debates Bill James (moderated by Andrew Stoeten)

 

Stoeten - (cool, hip) "Mr. James your opening remarks"

 

Bill - "Very simply I believe in the free market. I despise politics. I believe in informed decisions. I believe in logic. In terms of baseball I believe in youth over experience. I believe in on base percentage. I believe in defense but it's hard to measure. I believe that 90 wins are good, but 80 is the same as 70 is the same as 60. I believe in guys like Xavier Boegarts and Mookie Betts."

 

Stoeten - "Mr. Beeston your reply..."

 

Beeston - "Mookie? We had a Mookie here once. He was fast. I wonder if those two are related...."

 

Bill - (perplexed) "Last names indicated you might be related... lots of people have the same first name... Are you related to Paul McCartney??"

 

Beeston - "Last names.... hmmmm... Well if last names are so important, may I ask if you are related to Lebron James???"

 

Bill - "...ummmm... no..."

 

Beeston - "I do think I just scored a point there.... Mr. Stoeten??"

 

Stoeten - "Well played Paul (cool, hip, calls senior executives by their first names). 1-0 for Mr. Beeston."

[Stangstag]

Beeston debates Bill James (moderated by Andrew Stoeten)

 

Stoeten - (cool, hip) "Mr. James your opening remarks"

 

Bill - "Very simply I believe in the free market. I despise politics. I believe in informed decisions. I believe in logic. In terms of baseball I believe in youth over experience. I believe in on base percentage. I believe in defense but it's hard to measure. I believe that 90 wins are good, but 80 is the same as 70 is the same as 60. I believe in guys like Xavier Boegarts and Mookie Betts."

 

Stoeten - "Mr. Beeston your reply..."

 

Beeston - "Mookie? We had a Mookie here once. He was fast. I wonder if those two are related...."

 

Bill - (perplexed) "Last names indicated you might be related... lots of people have the same first name... Are you related to Paul McCartney??"

 

Beeston - "Last names.... hmmmm... Well if last names are so important, may I ask if you are related to Lebron James???"

 

Bill - "...ummmm... no..."

 

Beeston - "I do think I just scored a point there.... Mr. Stoeten??"

 

Stoeten - "Well played Paul (cool, hip, calls senior executives by their first names). 1-0 for Mr. Beeston."

 

Please tell me this is a real interview

[Frenchsoup]

Please tell me this is a real interview

 

Sounds about right, also Olerud should make a blog, that is something i would read.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Sounds about right, also Olerud should make a blog, that is something i would read.

 

You can't be serious.

[Frenchsoup]

You can't be serious.

 

A blog just ripping Beeston and tearing him down to shreds to the casual fan...yeah i could live with that.

[Caper]

Basically what Bill James is saying is, Tecet should be making 1.9 million dollars a year.

[Deadpool]

Basically what Bill James is saying is, Tecet should be making 1.9 million dollars a year.

 

And I'm woefully underpaid...

[GD]

You can't be serious.

 

Not something you read to learn anything, but something you read because ... it's Olerud. Sometimes his rants are completely irrelevant and don't even make sense, but damnit, they're entertaining.